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Re: Pacers / TWolves Post Game Thread - 2/19

Question of the day I'd like to pose to my fellow Pacer fans.......

What does CJ Watson bring to this team?

He is a player that doesn't get talked about much on these forums and I'm just curious do people here like him? Do they think he helps our team? Is he any good? Is he bad? To me he never does really anything he is always just on the court so I'm curious.

He is a player that doesn't get talked about much on these forums and I'm just curious do people here like him? Do they think he helps our team? Is he any good? Is he bad? To me he never does really anything he is always just on the court so I'm curious.

He ok on the defensive side, but his running of the offense drives me freaking batty

Re: Pacers / TWolves Post Game Thread - 2/19

There are a lot of things to nitpick, but I'm going to break it down as simply as I can...

1. The Pacers aren't getting calls. The concern isn't that they're not getting calls; it's that they still have yet to figure out WHY they're not getting calls. Pacers have to be the whiniest team in the league right now. It's leading to easy transition points the other way, and it's pissing off refs. Refs aren't going to give this team calls until they shut up and play basketball. Even David West is whiny these days. That example filters down.

2. Vogel has flaws like any coach, but his greatest flaw might be that he has a total laissez-faire approach to coaching Lance Stephenson, and the results are going to be a rollercoaster ride at best. Vogel needs to be more accountable, and make Lance more accountable. He can't just keep letting Lance be Lance without any changes made night in and night out. That goes for shot selection, dribbling, attitude on court, etc. Lance is young, and I'm not in the crowd that's saying "OMG, that's a future terrible contract!" right now. He'll learn. But Vogel needs to teach him. And he's really not doing that.

3. Paul George needs to totally refocus himself on defense. He's trying to be a hero on offense and frankly not giving his all on defense. If he's going to err on the side of exhausting his efforts anywhere, it needs to be on defense. He hasn't played like a consistently elite defender in quite some time.

4. Good news is that the problems with this team are obvious and there is plenty of time to figure it out. Bad news is, they're the same problems that have existed for a month now, and no progress has been made toward figuring them out. It's the same turnovers, same whining at the refs, same mental lapses (some of which come because they take themselves out of the game crying for calls), same inattention on defense, etc. Fix those, this is a championship team. Don't, and they're a 2 seed who loses in the ECFs. It really is that simple.

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Re: Pacers / TWolves Post Game Thread - 2/19

Vogel played small at the end though Hibbert did not seem aggressive enough to me I his post ups. Bad offensive flow the whole game and the defense wasn't much better. I wonder why anyone guards Rubio above the 3 point line. He can't shoot, so why not lay back and take the pick and roll away.

He is a player that doesn't get talked about much on these forums and I'm just curious do people here like him? Do they think he helps our team? Is he any good? Is he bad? To me he never does really anything he is always just on the court so I'm curious.

He is what you would expect out of a back up PG in Vogel's system... Strong defensively and a liability on the offensive end...

He is a player that doesn't get talked about much on these forums and I'm just curious do people here like him? Do they think he helps our team? Is he any good? Is he bad? To me he never does really anything he is always just on the court so I'm curious.

CJ sometimes contributes at a high level and sometimes does jack.....but he's a decent to solid backup PG that is unfortunately inconsistent at times.

Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.

This is David West, he is the Honey Badger, West just doesn't give a *****....he's pretty bad *ss cuz he has no regard for any other Player or Team whatsoever.

Re: Pacers / TWolves Post Game Thread - 2/19

CJ sometimes contributes at a high level and sometimes does jack.....but he's a decent to solid backup PG that is unfortunately inconsistent at times.

At this point I'm certain that it's the system. We've seen too many players that have looked significantly better on other teams (DC, Augustin, now Watson) struggle within our system. It's just not point guard friendly

Re: Pacers / TWolves Post Game Thread - 2/19

Actually, the team went on a 5-game winning streak when Danny came back then proceeded to go 3-2 at the start of 2014 and then went on a second 5-game winning streak before that game on Phoenix.

I believe that going 13-2 in the first 15 games after his return means that it has nothing to do with him.

9 of those 13 games were against teams below .500. His shooting percentage has been putrid. Rasual was giving us great minutes right before Granger came back. 9 out of 10 NBA wings could go out and shoot 36% from the field. Pacers had lost 1 single game to a team below .500 before Granger came back. It's poor offensive design as much as anything, but Granger's movement is so constricted that he slows the pace of the offense down, resulting in much poorer shots than we would be getting with a faster pace. Solomon and Orlando, and even Sual played with much more energy.

Re: Pacers / TWolves Post Game Thread - 2/19

Hill got destroyed, once again, on the defensive end. Rubio was able to do whatever, whenever he wanted... except hit a shot of course.

I still want to know why they played up on him. He can't shoot, so lay off and make Love's screen useless because he would have to come inside the 3 point line to make it. Rubio should have been abused on offense, but that's another story.

Re: Pacers / TWolves Post Game Thread - 2/19

PG was awesome most the game, but those 7 turnovers hurt. We have no one to guard stretch fours apparently. The one team I do not see us beating in a 7 game series is OKC. I think they might be able to run all over us. So, hopefully we can get by the Heat and the Spurs or Rockets make the finals.